Sarah Shahi’s “Fairly Legal” Debuts Tonight – Exclusive Photos & Video

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

The USA Network’s latest drama, Fairly Legal, debuts tonight, Thursday, at 10 PM EST, and will star Sarah Shahi, the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader turned actress.

Best known for her role as Carmen de la Pica Morales on The L Word, Shahi was also #90 on the Maxim magazine “Hot 100 of 2005” list, before moving on up to #66 in 2006.

On Fairly Legal, the beautiful, exotic Shahi of Iranian and Mexican descent, plays Kate Reed, daughter of a famous lawyer.

For five years, she was a rising lawyer star herself, until her father died and she decided to make some major changes in her life and become a mediator instead. How

Sarah explains the show as being “A lot like Law & Order meet Sex & The City with a lot more sex than law!”

About her new role on Fairly Legal, Shahi told BuddyTV.com:

“I was at a place, when I auditioned for the show, I had just had a baby, I was five weeks post-partum, and I just felt like if I wanted to get back into the game and away from my child, it better be in something that was worth it, and that could really be life-changing for a career and our (family) position.

“Also, I wanted to play the role because I was attracted to Kate. She is a character who’s all cool on the outside, and may look like she has things figured out, but when it comes down to it, she doesn’t. She struggles a lot. She struggles with her relationship with her stepmother, with her relationship with her ex-husband … there’s a whole aspect of her dealing with the death of her dad. There’s a lot going on that lead to these great internal conflicts for her, and I really wanted to play those out.”

Shahi, is married to star of Showtime’s Shameless, Steve Howey. The two were at an interview with Mario Lopez of Extra recently – and I videotaped a cute little flirtation between Shahi and Lopez, as hubby Howey stood on the sideline. Howey was a pretty cool champ about it all; he even took a pic of his wife and Lopez with his own cell phone (see below). Watch the flirtation for yourself:

Katharine McPhee: Help Haiti Heal – Exclusive Photos & Video

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

A big thumbs up for celebrities using their name to help the world become a better place.

Take Katharine McPhee for example. To help bring back attention to a cause possibly forgotten, McPhee has teamed up with American Eagle Outfitters who in turn have entered into a partnership with Concern Worldwide US to raise funds for the rebuilding and support of schools in Haiti.

On the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake on January 12, there are still “1.3 million people living in these tents,” McPhee told Mario Lopez of Extra.

Along with McPhee, celebs such as The Edge, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Paul, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, & Garcelle Beauvais, just to name a few, are helping to spread the word to buy and wear a limited-edition, AE-designed “Help Haiti Heal” T-shirts.

Watch and hear Katharine explain the T-shirts herself:

The T-shirts are being sold in more than 900 American Eagle Outfitters stores throughout the U.S., and worldwide at www.ae.com/haiti. The T-shirts were made in Haiti, by Haitians, to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake and raise awareness about the continuing need to help Haiti heal. The entire purchase price of US $15.50 will be donated to Concern Worldwide’s education program in Haiti, with the potential to raise as much as US $1 million.

The proceeds raised from the sale of the Help Haiti Heal t-shirts will: rebuild and repair two schools that were destroyed during the earthquake, provide 1,000 earthquake-affected children with access to primary education, equip the two schools with classroom furniture (desks, chairs), install clean water systems, latrines and sanitation at the two schools and ensure that the most vulnerable children in the communities receive a primary education.

Katharine brought T-Shirts for the Extra audience

Katharin’e cute pups

Watch The Cast Of Hair Musical Perform “Aquarius”

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

AROUND TOWN LOS ANGELES.

HAIR is the Tony Award Winner for Best Musical Revival and it is playing at a city near you!

HAIR tells the story of a group of friends choosing to speak up and sing out in celebration of love, life and freedom.

Calling itself “the first great rock musical,” it has some of the most rousing and soulful songs ever written for the stage, including Let the Sun Shine In, Easy to be Hard, Good Morning Starshine, Aquarius and the infectious title song, Hair.

Watch a performance of the cast while they were at The Grove for an interview for Extra TV:

HAIR is playing at Pantages Theatre now through January 23, 2011. Click here to buy your tickets for this show or other shows in Chicago, Costa Mesa, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, or a slew of other cities.

Mario Lopez Gets A Ride In The Green Hornet Car — Exclusive Photos & Video

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

Tuesday, January 11, 2011, The Grove, Los Angeles, CA. Mario Lopez of Extra was lucky enough to live out many a men’s (and a few women’s) fantasy today and drive the Green Hornet car.

Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, and Jay Chou opens in theaters, January 14th.

WATCH MARIO RIDE IN THE GREEN HORNET CAR:

Roseanne Barr Holds Hilarious Book Reading – Exclusive Photos and Video

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

Roseanne Barr was at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA Monday night to promote her new book, Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm.

I will let Sandra Bernhard’s review stand for the book as I have yet to read it: “Roseanne is funny, everybody knows that. But then there is everything else—the humanity, rabbinical wisdom, Mother Earth fearlessness, true beauty, and the ability to stay one step ahead of insanity at all times. She’s always had her finger on the pulse and can tell when the patient needs some emergency care. Nurse Barr has saved us once again.”

Not having read the book, the adjectives Sandra uses seem to nail my perception of Roseanne right on the head. First off, Roseanne looked fabulous in person. I asked her what her beauty secret is and without missing a step, she said: “Lots of drinking.” Roseanne also was funny, warm, soft spoken and gentle. She was witty and quick and sharp. She had the whole room fall in love with her; that is, if they weren’t already in love with her before their arrival.

Someone asked Roseanne if she would run for president one day. She gave an emphatic “Yes!” She followed by saying she would run for the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel at the same time. “It’d be a 2fer!” Her campaign promise? “I would establish world peace within 30 days of being elected because I would know how to!” Of course, she would have her own party affiliation: The Green Tea Party.

Roseanne, a blogger since 1996 when no one else was blogging named Snooki as her favorite author – funny thing, Snooki was the last author who held a book signing at Barnes & Noble right before Roseanne’s gig. She actually then said her favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities and her fave author is Mary Daly. Sorry Snooki!

Roseanne Barr and me 🙂

Watch this short clip of Roseanne Barr reading a passage from her book about her friend Lisa:

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

Roseanne Barr was at Barnes & Noble Monday night to promote her new book, Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm. I will let Sandra Bernhard’s review stand for the book as I have yet to read it: “Roseanne is funny, everybody knows that. But then there is everything else—the humanity, rabbinical wisdom, Mother Earth fearlessness, true beauty, and the ability to stay one step ahead of insanity at all times. She’s always had her finger on the pulse and can tell when the patient needs some emergency care. Nurse Barr has saved us once again.”

Not having read the book, the adjectives Sandra uses seem to nail my perception of Roseanne right on the head. First off, Roseanne looked fabulous in person. I asked her what her beauty secret is and without missing a step, she said: “Lots of drinking.” Roseanne also was funny, warm, soft spoken and gentle. She was witty and quick and sharp. She had the whole room fall in love with her; that is, if they weren’t already in love with her before their arrival.

Someone asked Roseanne if she would run for president one day. She gave an emphatic “Yes!” She followed by saying she would run for the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel at the same time. “It’d be a 2fer!” Her campaign promise? “I would establish world peace within 30 days of being elected because I would know how to!” Of course, she would have her own part affiliation; that of the green tea party.

Roseanne, a blogger since 1996 when no one else was blogging named Snooki as her favorite author – funny thing, Snooki was the last author at Barnes & Noble right before Roseanne’s gig. She actually then said her favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities and her fave author is Mary Daly. Sorry Snooki!

Watch this short clip of Roseanne Barr reading a passage from her book about her friend Lisa:

Gayle King Gets Her Own Show! Watch Her Dance With Mario Lopez In Celebration!

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

Talk show host and Oprah Winfrey‘s BFF, Gayle King, is getting her own show! The Gayle King Show will premiere Monday, Jan. 10 at 10:00 AM on Winfrey’s OWN Network.

Gayle stopped by The Grove in Los Angeles, CA to tell Mario Lopez of Extra all about her new show, her best friend Oprah, her love for Katy Perry, and to dish out some great advice to women.

About her new show, Gayle said: “We’re marrying radio [her popular Oprah XM radio show] and TV together. It’s not celebrity-driven, although I am a big pop culture and news junkie, and so am certainly very in touch with that. What makes it work is the people that come to call and come to play with me.”

King will also be participating in OWN’s Ask Oprah’s All Stars with Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and Suze Orman.

At the moment OWN launched, Gayle could not be with her best friend. But she called Oprah and told her, “I am so proud and so happy for you!” Gayle continued, “Listen, this is a young black girl. ‘Colored’ girl back then who grew up with no TV! Who now has a network!”

What is the biggest advice Gayle has learned along her road to success and which she wants to tell women: “We are juggling so many balls. And occasionally you’re gonna drop a ball but my thing is you pick it up and just keep going. And just refuse to beat yourself up when you are doing the best you can.”

Gayle loves Katy Perry’s Firework, so, the crew played the song and Gayle and Mario danced away!

Snooki Holds Fan Meet & Greet For Her Book, “A Shore Thing” – Exclusive Photos

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

Jersey Shore‘s Snooki is on a west coast tour this week to promote her new book, A Shore Thing. She has done the entire LA media circuit including stops at Extra, The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel. Thursday night, she held a meet and greet at the Barnes & Noble located at the Grove.

This was my second time in four days meeting the spunky guidette. Click here for exclusive photos and videos of my first meeting with Snooki.

Below are photos of Thursday night’s book event:

The Bachelor’s Brad Womack Gets His Happy Ending!

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

Brad Womack with Parisa Michelle/CelebMagnet

You can stop reading all the rumors which try to fool you into believing Brad Womack may end up being rejected by the woman he chooses on this season of The Bachelor because I am here to tell you, this time, Womack will get his happy ending. And so will the lucky mystery woman this charming and beautiful man will chose in the end!

CLICK HERE FOR EVEN MORE RECENT PICS OF BRAD!

“I am very much in love and very very happy,” Womack told Mario Lopez of Extra during an interview taped at The Grove Tuesday and which will air later on in the day. Womack continued, “I’m a guy and when I fall, I fall hard!”

When did Womack realize he was in love? He said, “I always say, ‘When you know, you know.’ And I knew early on [during the show’s taping]. Even though I felt something early on, I promised myself I’d try 100 percent and I did… and held on to my first instincts.”

When I asked Womack if he is done taping the entire season, he responded without hesitation, “Yes, thank God!” I think more than anything else, he’s happy to be done being smacked around by the women this season for having not picked either of DeAnna Pappas or Jenni Croft the last time he was The Bachelor.

Lopez had a little bit of fun with Womack and gave him a list of celebs which he would date, mate with, or eliminate. Womack said: “I am spoken for!” When pushed to answer in the hypothetical, Womack said, “I would date Jennifer Aniston, mate with Scarlett Johansson and I’m sorry to say, eliminate Kim Kardashian!”

Don’t forget to watch the entire interview on Extra today!

Snooki Is Awesome!

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Parisa Michelle

Jersey Shore‘s spunky Snooki is on a west coast tour this week to promote her new book, A Shore Thing. First stop: The Grove for an interview with Mario Lopez and Extra.

SEE MORE: PHOTOS OF SNOOKI’S BOOK SIGNING @ BARNES & NOBLE

Let me just start by saying that Snooki is nothing short of absolutely adorable. As soon as she got out of her car and saw the photographers and paparazzi, she smiled a huge smile and waved. She even blew us a kiss!

When I met her, she said with a huge smile, “Oh my God, you’re as tiny as me.” Her warm and cute demeanor made me a fan for life!

Season 3 of MTV’s Jersey Shore premieres January 6, and Snooki told Mario that, “The new season is balls to walls insanity and I don’t even know what happens, so I am very excited to watch it!” She added, “I think this is the best season yet.”

About her stunt New Year’s Eve being placed inside the ball which dropped at midnight, Snooki said, “Who does that? Only me!”

Watch for the full interview on Extra. For now here are some photos form the interview and video clips (coming soon!)